Below follows a list of notable people from the metropolitan area of San Antonio, Texas.
Politics
Glenn A. Abbey, U.S. diplomat
Hope Andrade, Secretary of State of Texas, member of the Texas Transportation Commission William P. Atkinson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Claude W. Black, Jr., Baptist minister, civil rights leader, City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tempore Bill Blythe, state representative from Harris County; born in San Antonio, c. 1935 Mario Cantu, Chicano activist Joaquin Castro, U.S. Representative from Texas's 35th congressional district since 2013; member of the Texas House; brother of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro Henry E. Catto, Jr., Ambassador to the United Kingdom John Cornyn, U.S. Senator since 2002; attended Trinity University and St. Mary's University Law School in San Antonio Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States of America; stationed at Fort Sam Houston in 1916 Rick Galindo, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bexar County; born in 1981 and reared in San Antonio Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General under President George W. Bush Henry B. Gonzalez, U.S. Representative for Texas's 20th congressional district, the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio is named in his honor John W. Goode, attorney and Republican politician; lost the 1961 special election for Congress to Henry B. Gonzalez Maria L. de Hernández (1896–1986), Mexican-American rights activist Barbara Hervey, Place 7 judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Rita Jenrette, wife of U.S. Congressman John W. Jenrette, Jr., of South Carolina, posed for Playboy magazine in 1981 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States, retired to San Antonio Cyndi Taylor Krier, state senator and Bexar County administrative judge Lyle Larson, member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 122 since 2011; member of the Bexar County Commissioners Court and the San Antonio City Council Robert N. Lemen (1943-2021), Minnesota state legislator and businessman Andre Marrou (born 1938), Libertarian Party member of the Alaska House of Representatives, 1988 nominee for Vice President of the United States, and 1992 nominee for President of the United States; brother of news anchor Chris Marrou Ruth McClendon (born 1943), Democrat member of the Texas House of Representatives from San Antonio since 1996; former member of the San Antonio City Council and Mayor Pro Tem, 1993–1996 Tom Mechler, Texas Republican Party state chairman since 2015; oil and gas consultant in Amarillo, former San Antonio resident Susan Pamerleau, retired United States Air Force major general and the Republican sheriff of Bexar County, first woman elected, 2012 Brad Parscale, political strategist and founder of Giles–Parscale; Washington Post stated that he could "justifiably take credit" for Donald Trump's 2016 victory Joe Sage (1920–1977), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bexar County, 1973–1975 Mario Marcel Salas (born 1949), City Councilman District 2, Judson Independent School District Vice-President William S. Sessions (1930–2020), former FBI Director from 1987-1993; longtime attorney for the Russian Mafia's "Boss of Bosses" Semion Mogilevich Sally Shelton-Colby, Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Grenada and Dominica; Minister to St Lucia; Special Representative to Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St. Vincent, 1979–1981, under Jimmy Carter John Thomas Steen, Jr., San Antonio lawyer and 108th Secretary of State of Texas G. J. Sutton, state representative, first black elected official in Texas Lou Nelle Sutton, wife of G. J. Sutton; succeeded him in the Texas House Percy Sutton, Manhattan borough president in New York City; civil rights attorney with such high-profile clients as Malcolm X; owner of the Apollo Theater in Harlem and several radio stations Jeff Wentworth, state senator from San Antonio; unseated in 2012 by Donna Campbell John H. Wood, Jr., federal judge in San Antonio until 1979, when he was assassinated by convicted murderer-for-hire Charles Harrelson, father of actor Woody Harrelson John C. Woods, executioner of the Nuremberg Trials; master sergeant in United States Army
Notable mayors
Ron Nirenberg, 2017–Current
Ivy Taylor, 2014–2017
Julian Castro, 2009–2014, 16th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama Phil Hardberger, 2005–2009 Howard Peak, 1997–2001 Nelson Wolff, 1991–1995 Henry Cisneros, 1981–1989, Secretary of HUD under President of the United States Bill Clinton Lila Cockrell, 1976–1981, 1989–1991 Maury Maverick, Sr., 1939–1941 Juan Seguin, 1841–1842 Sam Maverick, 1839–1840